Themes:

• Poverty alleviation through access to resources, capacity development and institution building;
• Access to financial services and enterprise development;
• Empowerment of people;
• Sustainable production and marketing;
• Access to renewable energy sources.

Ecosystems:

Hivos has not selected specific ecosystems. Support could be provided to organisations in these ecosystems. Main area of support is agro-ecosystems.

• humid forests
• dry ecosystems (deserts, savannas, dry forests)
• mountain ecosystems
• river basins and wetlands
• agro-ecosystems

Additional Information:

Hivos is a non-governmental organisation, guided by humanist values, that wants to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world where citizens, women and men, have equal access to resources, opportunities and markets and can participate actively and equally in decision-making processes that determine their lives, their society and their future. Hivos works in 32 countries with 800 partner organisations. In 2008 Hivos disbursed 100 million Euro with a staff of 150.